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High Point Academy

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High Point Academy ranks 377 th of 661 South Carolina alternative schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public, Charter, Alternative Grades K-12

377^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 661 South Carolina Alternative Schools

Better than 43% of South Carolina alternative schools

Summary

High Point Academy is a public charter school in Spartanburg, SC, serving 1,208 students in Kindergarten through 12th grade under the School Public Charter School District. The school stands out most dramatically for its exceptional student retention: graduation rates have stayed above 94% for five straight years (hitting 95.5% most recently, compared to 77.4% for its district and 86.7% statewide), while dropout rates hover near zero—just 0.8% versus a 5.9% district average. This is especially notable given that nearly two-thirds of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, yet the school outperforms the state average by nearly 9 points on graduation.

Academically, the picture is mixed but revealing. High Point shines in high school English and math: English 2 EOCEP proficiency reached 91.84% (state: 83.79%), and Algebra 1 jumped to 90.69% in 2024-2025, a 16.7-point edge over the state. However, middle school math tells a different story—6th and 7th grade proficiency sits about 15 points below state averages—and science is the school's biggest weakness, with 4th and 6th grade scores roughly 20 points behind. The strong recovery by high school suggests effective interventions, but the science gap remains a concern for parents to watch.

Compared to nearby options, High Point generally outperforms Cyber Academy of South Carolina on nearly every academic measure (e.g., Algebra 1: 69.81% vs. 39.28%; 3rd grade math: 56.1% vs. 24.2%), while offering much smaller classes (13.7:1 vs. 21.2:1) and higher per-student spending ($12,892 vs. $9,808). Against Mountain View Preparatory, the closest school geographically, High Point trails in U.S. History (49.32% vs. 67.76%) and English 1, though its English 2 scores are slightly better. With chronic absenteeism at 18.7% (below the 22.3% state average) and a 46% increase in per-student investment over six years, High Point offers a compelling mix of high school success and areas—particularly middle school math and science—where families should seek additional support.

1,208

Students ?

13.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$12,892

Per pupil spending ?

63.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

6655 Pottery Road
Spartanburg, SC 29303

(864) 316-9788

District: School Public Charter School District

Racial breakdown:

White:

60.5%

African American:

21.9%

Hispanic:

12.0%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 68th percentile in 2023 → 52nd in 2026

Strengths

✓96% graduate in 4 years — above the South Carolina average (87%)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the South Carolina average (52% vs 57% meeting standards)

!Ranking has slipped — down 16 percentile points since 2023

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school52%

District avg54%

South Carolina avg57%

Elementary school

377^th of 661

South Carolina public elementary schools ?

Bottom 43%▼ down 2 pts since 2017

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

199^th of 341

South Carolina public middle schools ?

Bottom 42%▼ down 7 pts since 2017

From bottom 48% (2017) to bottom 42% (2026)

See the entire ranking list of South Carolina Middle Schools →

★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

High school

119^th of 248

South Carolina public high schools ?

Top 48%▲ up 20 pts since 2019

From bottom 32% (2019) to top 48% (2026)

See the entire ranking list of South Carolina High Schools →

★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

5^th of 9Alternative Schools in the School Public Charter School District

31^st of 75School Public Charter School District among South Carolina districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	42.9	377 of 661	43.0%	★★☆☆☆
2025	40.1	377 of 639	41.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	49.0	330 of 643	48.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	47.3	333 of 644	48.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	53.1	286 of 625	54.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	54.5	271 of 622	56.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	46.4	349 of 643	45.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	38.3	384 of 624	38.5%	★★☆☆☆
2017	44.8	354 of 639	44.6%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	51.6	166 of 384	56.8%	★★★☆☆
2025	52.9	166 of 380	56.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	14.8	398 of 421	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.3	407 of 412	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	25.2	125 of 156	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	60.4	45 of 147	69.4%	★★★★☆
2019	24.6	153 of 189	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	28.9	119 of 161	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	40.9	352 of 599	41.2%	★★☆☆☆
2025	36.2	369 of 580	36.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	45.5	314 of 568	44.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	39.4	351 of 580	39.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	46.7	301 of 573	47.5%	★★☆☆☆
2021	50.4	262 of 554	52.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	46.8	324 of 588	44.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	39.0	362 of 570	36.5%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	46.0	349 of 634	45.0%	★★☆☆☆
2025	40.8	359 of 612	41.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	48.4	313 of 602	48.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	48.8	300 of 608	50.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	52.0	293 of 600	51.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	53.7	265 of 580	54.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	41.4	373 of 600	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	37.7	387 of 588	34.2%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	42.5	349 of 591	40.9%	★★☆☆☆
2025	42.3	341 of 585	41.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	49.8	281 of 571	50.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	53.0	264 of 582	54.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	57.6	248 of 579	57.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	53.4	251 of 561	55.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	41.7	359 of 590	39.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	36.3	366 of 571	35.9%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	22.6	381 of 463	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	14.0	419 of 459	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	27.3	346 of 446	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.6	376 of 463	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	33.9	315 of 455	30.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	37.3	291 of 439	33.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	25.0	380 of 472	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.3	383 of 457	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	40.1	199 of 341	41.6%	★★☆☆☆
2025	51.9	135 of 321	57.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	68.7	80 of 322	75.2%	★★★★☆
2023	64.2	101 of 325	68.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	66.4	88 of 310	71.6%	★★★★☆
2021	63.1	104 of 311	66.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	57.3	114 of 315	63.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	56.4	116 of 303	61.7%	★★★☆☆
2017	46.4	164 of 317	48.3%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	32.2	191 of 258	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	33.4	180 of 251	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	34.4	207 of 310	33.2%	★★☆☆☆
2025	37.6	187 of 295	36.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	61.5	100 of 293	65.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	63.8	91 of 299	69.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	63.2	91 of 290	68.6%	★★★☆☆
2021	65.5	91 of 279	67.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	59.4	109 of 296	63.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	53.3	120 of 281	57.3%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	39.6	187 of 325	42.5%	★★☆☆☆
2025	56.6	109 of 308	64.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	74.3	53 of 304	82.6%	★★★★☆
2023	71.9	69 of 313	78.0%	★★★★☆
2022	71.0	67 of 300	77.7%	★★★★☆
2021	63.8	83 of 288	71.2%	★★★★☆
2019	60.7	90 of 289	68.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	57.0	99 of 280	64.6%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	43.7	170 of 310	45.2%	★★☆☆☆
2025	63.8	98 of 298	67.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	73.6	63 of 292	78.4%	★★★★☆
2023	61.6	103 of 303	66.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	67.5	81 of 292	72.3%	★★★★☆
2021	57.0	112 of 279	59.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	53.9	122 of 296	58.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	58.3	108 of 284	62.0%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	30.4	200 of 271	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	35.1	172 of 259	33.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	46.5	135 of 256	47.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	45.6	131 of 260	49.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	51.8	114 of 249	54.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	46.2	127 of 244	48.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	35.5	166 of 258	35.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	41.1	147 of 250	41.2%	★★☆☆☆

High school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	51.4	119 of 248	52.0%	★★★☆☆
2025	63.7	67 of 240	72.1%	★★★★☆
2024	71.5	48 of 243	80.2%	★★★★☆
2023	60.6	77 of 237	67.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	62.8	62 of 226	72.6%	★★★★☆
2021	47.7	110 of 227	51.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	24.3	154 of 225	31.6%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	46.2	104 of 200	48.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	28.8	136 of 184	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	45.9	128 of 229	44.1%	★★☆☆☆
2025	67.1	60 of 229	73.8%	★★★★☆
2024	75.2	33 of 231	85.7%	★★★★☆
2023	71.6	47 of 223	78.9%	★★★★☆
2022	64.6	58 of 220	73.6%	★★★★☆
2021	42.2	118 of 213	44.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	19.3	168 of 213	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	44.3	102 of 210	51.4%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	41.9	143 of 241	40.7%	★★☆☆☆
2025	72.3	33 of 230	85.7%	★★★★☆
2024	76.3	31 of 235	86.8%	★★★★☆
2023	55.9	77 of 226	65.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	56.6	72 of 220	67.3%	★★★☆☆
2021	47.7	98 of 213	54.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	21.1	175 of 217	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	47.0	92 of 214	57.0%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	52.1	112 of 233	51.9%	★★★☆☆
2025	55.9	87 of 228	61.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	62.7	66 of 234	71.8%	★★★★☆
2023	48.2	102 of 229	55.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	58.8	70 of 224	68.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	47.2	102 of 215	52.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	29.9	138 of 218	36.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	42.0	104 of 213	51.2%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	40.2	133 of 203	34.5%	★★☆☆☆
2025	55.0	84 of 200	58.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	59.0	71 of 202	64.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	50.9	89 of 197	54.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	50.0	85 of 192	55.7%	★★★☆☆
2021	41.5	108 of 189	42.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	11.3	173 of 191	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	33.9	112 of 185	39.5%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

African American (2026)57th percentile+14 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)45th percentile~ school

Female (2026)41st percentile~ school

Male (2026)41st percentile~ school

Disabled (2026)20th percentile-23 vs school

White (2026)18th percentile-25 vs school

Middle school

Male (2026)45th percentile+4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)42nd percentile~ school

Female (2026)33rd percentile-8 vs school

White (2026)26th percentile-15 vs school

African American (2026)26th percentile-16 vs school

High school

Male (2026)52nd percentile~ school

African American (2026)48th percentile-4 vs school

Female (2026)44th percentile-8 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)41st percentile-11 vs school

White (2026)34th percentile-18 vs school

By subject vs South Carolina (2025-2026) ?

English 292%+8 vs state

Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 270%+5 vs state

English Language Arts62%~ state avg

Biology 1/Applied Biology 251%-9 vs state

U.S. History and the Constitution49%-13 vs state

Mathematics40%-8 vs state

Science32%-20 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Thursday, July 9, 2020

The school is the worst in the county. Poor leadership and horrible communication. They have a handbook they don't even follow. Close Quote

by a parent
Thursday, April 2, 2020

The middle school is the worst it has ever been. I don't understand how hard it is to find good leadership. Close Quote

by a parent
Thursday, March 15, 2018

We love HPA. My son has excelled academically and socially. He is loved by the staff and has made an amazing transition. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()				SC READY English Language Arts (2026)						SC READY Mathematics (2026)						SC READY Science (2026)		EOCEP Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 (2026)	EOCEP Biology 1/Applied Biology 2 (2026)	EOCEP U.S. History and the Constitution (2026)	EOCEP English 2 (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2024)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	SC READY English Language Arts 3rd Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 4th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 5th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 6th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 7th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 8th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 3rd Grade	SC READY Mathematics 4th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 5th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 6th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 7th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 8th Grade	SC READY Science 4th Grade	SC READY Science 6th Grade	EOCEP Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 End of Course	EOCEP Biology 1/Applied Biology 2 End of Course	EOCEP U.S. History and the Constitution End of Course	EOCEP English 2 End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Personnel Spending from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Sub-total Spending from State and Local Funds
High Point Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	6655 Pottery Road	Spartanburg	29303	Spartanburg County	School Public Charter School District	Yes	No	No	Yes	(864) 316-9788	1,208	88	13.7	63.8%	731 (60.5%)	264 (21.9%)	145 (12.0%)	12 (1.0%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	53 (4.4%)								(n/a)	67.1	60.0	76.3	52.5	55.8	63.0	56.1	48.0	46.3	25.3	26.6	40.6	33.0	31.3	69.8	51.5	49.3	91.8	$12,892	$199	$88	$287	$9,700	$2,905	$12,605
Cedar Springs Academy	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	355 Cedar Springs Rd	Spartanburg	29302	Spartanburg County	Deaf & Blind School	No	No	No	No	(864) 577-7771	42	13	3.2	7.5%	14 (33.3%)	15 (35.7%)	11 (26.2%)	1 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.4%)								(n/a)

Frequently Asked Questions about High Point Academy

What is the racial makeup of High Point Academy?

Students at High Point Academy are 61% White, 22% African American, 12% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races.

How many students attend High Point Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,208 students attended High Point Academy.

What district is High Point Academy in?

School Public Charter School District

Is High Point Academy a good school?

High Point Academy ranks 377^th of 661 South Carolina alternative schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the South Carolina Department of Education.

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